This is the last will and testament of me Edward Learning of Cartwright, Sandwich Bay - Labrador - Carpenter.

I give devise and bequeath the sum of one hundred dollars to the use of Saint Peter's Church - Cartwright.

I give devise and bequeath all my estate - lands - monies and property whether real or personal [except the money bequeath in the first paragraph of this my will] to my two brothers Alfonse and Albert Learning for their mutual use and benefit.

Dated at Cartwright this Fifth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve - Edward Learning
Signed published and declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament on the date last written in the presence of us the subscribers who in the presence of the Testator and of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as such witnesses. Flora Kirby. Hugh Kirby.

Correct William F. Lloyd
Registrar of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland.

(Listed in the margin next to this will the following)
Fiat Sept. 22/20
Kent J.
adm cta
granted to The
Royal Trust Co.
Sept. 24/20
Estate Sworn
at $3917.08

Note: The wills in those will books are NOT actual wills. They are hand-written copies of a, "last will and testament," written by the court clerk, after the death of the testator, when the executor presented them to the court for probate. The court clerk didn't list the signatures at the bottom, he (or she) just put them in the book in whatever order they were in, on the original document, no spacing most of the time, no punctuation. The originals were kept by the executor.

We who have typed these wills, have made every effort to include all the errors that were on the microfilm, in order to avoid destroying the integrity of the originals, where ever they may be.